1953-08-29

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	1	Arsenal	Villa Park	36,028
Walsh, Dixon	Lineups		Forbes
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Liverpool	Burnden Park	28,277
Moir, Webster	Lineups
Burnley	4	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Turf Moor	25,813
Gray 2, Pilkington 2	Lineups		Froggatt
Chelsea	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Stamford Bridge	49,245
Bentley, McNichol 2	Lineups		Leary
Huddersfield Town	5	1	Portsmouth	Leeds Road	22,474
Glazzard 3, Davie, Watson	Lineups		Phillips LA
Manchester United	1	1	Newcastle United	Old Trafford	27,837
Chilton	Lineups		Hannah
Preston North End	0	2	West Bromwich Albion	Deepdale	30,462
	Lineups		Nicholls 2
Sheffield United	3	4	Blackpool	Bramall Lane	35,171
Hagan, Wragg 2	Lineups		Mortensen 3, Mudie
Sunderland	4	5	Manchester City	Roker Park	49,434
Shackleton, Wright T, Wright A, Branagan OG	Lineups		Hart 2, Whitfield, Clarke, Anders
Tottenham Hotspur	4	1	Middlesbrough	White Hart Lane	44,911
Walters, Bennett, Duquemin, Robb	Lineups		Delapenha
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Cardiff City	Molineux	33,221
Hancocks, Mullen, Wilshaw	Lineups		Grant

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Huddersfield Town	4	2	0	0	7	1	1	1	0	2	1	4.5	7	W	W	D	W	#	1953-09-02	Cardiff City	A
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	4	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	5	1	4	7	W	W	D	W	#	1953-09-02	Manchester United	H
3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	4	3	0	0	8	2	0	0	1	1	2	2.25	6	W	W	L	W	#	1953-09-03	Charlton Athletic	A
4	2	Burnley	4	3	0	0	10	3	0	0	1	1	3	1.833	6	W	W	L	W	#	1953-08-31	Blackpool	A
5	5	Bolton Wanderers	3	2	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	5	W	W	D	#	#	1953-09-02	Middlesbrough	A
6	6	Chelsea	4	2	0	0	7	4	0	1	1	2	3	1.286	5	W	W	L	D	#	1953-09-02	Portsmouth	A
7	-4	Preston North End	4	1	0	2	7	4	1	0	0	4	0	2.75	4	L	W	W	L	#	1953-09-02	Sheffield Wednesday	A
8	6	Aston Villa	4	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	1	3	1.5	4	W	W	L	L	#	1953-09-02	Manchester City	A
9	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	2	7	7	1.25	4	W	L	W	L	#	1953-08-31	Sunderland	H
10	1	Newcastle United	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	3	3	1.25	4	D	D	W	#	#	1953-09-02	Liverpool	H
11	5	Blackpool	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	5	5	1.167	4	W	L	W	#	#	1953-08-31	Burnley	H
12	-7	Sheffield United	3	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	0	4	3	1.143	4	L	W	W	#	#	1953-09-01	Arsenal	A
13	-6	Charlton Athletic	4	2	0	0	8	4	0	0	2	2	6	1	4	L	L	W	W	#	1953-09-03	Tottenham Hotspur	H
14	-6	Liverpool	4	1	2	0	9	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	L	D	D	W	#	1953-09-02	Newcastle United	A
15	-6	Sheffield Wednesday	4	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	2	1	10	0.455	4	L	L	W	W	#	1953-09-02	Preston North End	H
16	2	Manchester United	4	0	2	1	3	5	0	1	0	4	4	0.778	3	D	L	D	D	#	1953-09-02	West Bromwich Albion	A
17	-4	Cardiff City	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	5	0.5	3	L	L	W	D	#	1953-09-02	Huddersfield Town	H
18	-1	Sunderland	4	1	0	1	7	7	0	0	2	4	7	0.786	2	L	W	L	L	#	1953-08-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
19	3	Manchester City	4	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	2	5	9	0.385	2	W	L	L	L	#	1953-09-02	Aston Villa	H
20	-1	Middlesbrough	4	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	3	7	0.273	1	L	L	L	D	#	1953-09-02	Bolton Wanderers	H
21	-1	Arsenal	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	0.2	1	L	L	D	L	#	1953-09-01	Sheffield United	H
22	-1	Portsmouth	4	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	3	5	12	0.5	0	L	L	L	L	#	1953-09-02	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	2	1	Fulham	Griffin Park	21,689
Monk (p), Goodwin	Lineups		Mitten (p)
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Derby County	Eastville	20,007
Meyer, Petherbridge, Lambden	Lineups
Everton	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Goodison Park	45,923
Parker 3	Lineups		Adams
Hull City	3	0	Bury	Boothferry Park	16,295
Gerrie 2, Wilkinson	Lineups
Leicester City	5	0	Leeds United	Filbert Street	21,984
Rowley 2, Hines 3	Lineups
Lincoln City	8	0	Blackburn Rovers	Sincil Bank	12,246
Whittle, Graver 4, Finch, Munro 2	Lineups
Notts County	1	5	Doncaster Rovers	Meadow Lane	10,117
Brunt	Lineups		Robinson 2, Harrison, Lawlor, Tindill
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Luton Town	Home Park	22,574
Davis, Tadman	Lineups		Turner, Moore
Rotherham United	1	0	Birmingham City	Millmoor	12,670
Burke	Lineups
Stoke City	1	1	West Ham United	Victoria Ground	20,746
Connor	Lineups		Dixon
Swansea Town	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Vetch Field	11,242
Allchurch I 2 (2p)	Lineups		Moore

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Doncaster Rovers	4	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	7	1	4	7	W	W	D	W	#	1953-09-02	Bristol Rovers	H
2	6	Everton	4	1	0	0	3	1	1	2	0	7	5	1.667	6	W	W	D	D	#	1953-09-02	Hull City	H
3	-2	Birmingham City	4	2	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	2	3	3.333	5	L	D	W	W	#	1953-09-02	Plymouth Argyle	H
4	0	Nottingham Forest	4	1	1	0	6	3	1	0	1	2	2	1.6	5	L	W	W	D	#	1953-09-02	Luton Town	H
5	2	West Ham United	4	2	0	0	9	1	0	1	1	1	6	1.429	5	D	L	W	W	#	1953-08-31	Rotherham United	H
6	3	Stoke City	4	0	3	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	1.25	5	D	D	W	D	#	1953-09-02	Derby County	A
7	-5	Blackburn Rovers	4	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	8	10	0.818	5	L	W	D	W	#	1953-08-31	Brentford	H
8	12	Lincoln City	4	1	1	0	8	0	0	1	1	1	6	1.5	4	W	D	D	L	#	1953-09-02	Bury	A
9	5	Bristol Rovers	4	1	0	1	3	1	0	2	0	5	5	1.333	4	W	L	D	D	#	1953-09-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
10	7	Leicester City	4	1	2	0	9	4	0	0	1	1	4	1.25	4	W	D	L	D	#	1953-09-02	Fulham	A
11	-6	Leeds United	4	2	0	0	10	2	0	0	2	3	9	1.182	4	L	L	W	W	#	1953-09-02	Swansea Town	H
12	0	Rotherham United	4	2	0	1	7	4	0	0	1	2	4	1.125	4	W	W	L	L	#	1953-08-31	West Ham United	A
13	-7	Derby County	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	2	1	4	7	1	4	L	D	W	D	#	1953-09-02	Stoke City	H
14	5	Swansea Town	4	2	0	1	6	5	0	0	1	0	6	0.545	4	W	W	L	L	#	1953-09-02	Leeds United	A
15	0	Luton Town	4	0	2	1	5	6	0	1	0	2	2	0.875	3	D	L	D	D	#	1953-09-02	Nottingham Forest	A
16	6	Hull City	4	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	1	0	2	0.8	3	W	L	D	L	#	1953-09-02	Everton	A
17	1	Plymouth Argyle	4	0	3	0	5	5	0	0	1	0	3	0.625	3	D	D	L	D	#	1953-09-02	Birmingham City	A
18	-8	Bury	4	0	1	0	3	3	0	2	1	1	4	0.571	3	L	D	D	D	#	1953-09-02	Lincoln City	H
19	2	Brentford	4	1	0	1	3	5	0	1	1	2	5	0.5	3	W	L	L	D	#	1953-08-31	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	-9	Notts County	4	1	0	1	3	5	0	1	1	3	9	0.429	3	L	W	D	L	#	1953-09-01	Oldham Athletic	A
21	-8	Fulham	4	0	1	1	4	5	0	1	1	3	4	0.778	2	L	D	L	D	#	1953-09-02	Leicester City	H
22	-6	Oldham Athletic	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	9	0.556	2	L	L	D	D	#	1953-09-01	Notts County	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	1	Bradford	Oakwell	7,480
Smith N, Brown	Lineups		Thomas OG
Barrow	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Holker Street	5,621
McLaren, Collins	Lineups		Done
Bradford City	2	0	Chesterfield	Valley Parade	7,687
Harbertson, Rosenthal	Lineups
Darlington	0	3	Port Vale	Feethams Ground	6,278
	Lineups		Griffiths 2, Hayward
Gateshead	2	1	Chester	Redheugh Park	8,013
Ingham, Johnson	Lineups		Travis
Hartlepools United	0	0	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Park	9,701
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	3	1	Halifax Town	Field Mill	6,888
Murray, Plummer, Reeve	Lineups		Frost
Rochdale	1	0	Accrington Stanley	Spotland	8,375
Haddington	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	3	0	York City	Old Showground	7,494
Brown 2, Bushby	Lineups
Stockport County	3	2	Grimsby Town	Edgeley Park	8,698
Clempson 2 (1p), Oliver	Lineups		Smith F, Stroud
Workington	0	1	Southport	Borough Park	9,226
	Lineups		Hitchen
Wrexham	4	2	Carlisle United	Racecourse Ground	10,544
Hewitt 2, Heggie, Richards (p)	Lineups		Ashman, Smith

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Port Vale	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	1	5	6	W	D	D	W	#	1953-08-31	Barrow	H
2	0	Gateshead	4	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	4	2	2	6	W	D	W	D	#	1953-09-03	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
3	7	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	5	W	D	W	#	#	1953-09-03	Gateshead	H
4	5	Wrexham	4	1	1	1	6	5	1	0	0	2	0	1.6	5	W	L	W	D	#	1953-08-31	Chesterfield	A
5	3	Mansfield Town	4	1	0	1	4	3	1	1	0	7	4	1.571	5	W	D	W	L	#	1953-08-31	Bradford City	H
6	-1	Crewe Alexandra	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	1.5	5	D	D	W	D	#	1953-08-31	Bradford	A
7	4	Southport	4	0	0	1	2	4	2	1	0	3	1	1	5	W	W	L	D	#	1953-09-01	Darlington	H
8	4	Bradford City	4	2	1	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	4	0.833	5	W	D	L	W	#	1953-08-31	Mansfield Town	A
9	-5	Accrington Stanley	3	2	0	0	6	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.5	4	L	W	W	#	#	1953-08-31	Workington	A
10	6	Barrow	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	4	W	D	D	#	#	1953-08-31	Port Vale	A
11	-10	Grimsby Town	4	2	0	1	6	3	0	0	1	2	3	1.333	4	L	W	L	W	#	1953-09-01	Carlisle United	A
12	5	Stockport County	4	1	2	0	5	4	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	W	D	L	D	#	1953-08-31	Halifax Town	A
13	6	Barnsley	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	1	2	1	4	W	D	D	L	#	1953-09-02	Chester	H
14	-8	Chesterfield	4	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	1	2	3	0.8	4	L	W	D	D	#	1953-08-31	Wrexham	H
15	-8	Bradford	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	2	3	2	3	L	D	W	#	#	1953-08-31	Crewe Alexandra	H
16	-2	Hartlepool United	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	D	D	D	#	#	1953-08-31	York City	A
17	-4	Carlisle United	3	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	4	7	1.571	2	L	L	W	#	#	1953-09-01	Grimsby Town	H
18	-3	Chester	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	0.75	2	L	D	D	#	#	1953-09-02	Barnsley	A
19	-1	Tranmere Rovers	3	0	0	1	2	5	1	0	1	2	2	0.571	2	L	W	L	#	#	1953-09-01	Rochdale	H
20	1	Halifax Town	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	4	0.333	2	L	D	L	D	#	1953-08-31	Stockport County	H
21	-1	York City	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	8	0.25	2	L	D	D	L	#	1953-08-31	Hartlepool United	H
22	2	Rochdale	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	0.125	2	W	L	L	#	#	1953-09-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
23	-1	Workington	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	0.4	1	L	L	D	#	#	1953-08-31	Accrington Stanley	H
24	-1	Darlington	4	0	0	2	0	4	0	1	1	1	2	0.167	1	L	L	L	D	#	1953-09-01	Southport	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	2	Northampton Town	Goldstone Ground	16,709
Leadbetter 2, Foreman	Lineups		O'Donnell, Ramscar
Colchester United	4	1	Crystal Palace	Layer Road	6,811
McCurley 2, Scott, Barlow	Lineups		Andrews
Exeter City	0	1	Shrewsbury Town	St James Park	10,123
	Lineups		McCue
Leyton Orient	5	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Brisbane Road	10,816
Pacey 3, Morgan, Rees	Lineups
Millwall	1	2	Ipswich Town	The Den, New Cross	18,121
Shepherd	Lineups		Dobson, Parker
Newport County	4	2	Walsall	Somerton Park	3,770
Parker 2, Morrey, Graham	Lineups		Bromley, Bridgett
Norwich City	2	2	Swindon Town	Carrow Road	15,467
Collins, Foulkes	Lineups		Bull 2
Queens Park Rangers	0	2	Aldershot	Loftus Road	12,146
	Lineups		Hobbs, McCulloch
Reading	4	3	Coventry City	Elm Park	12,148
Hinshelwood 3, Simpson	Lineups		Kirk, Bradbury, Johnson
Southampton	4	2	Bristol City	The Dell	17,832
Hoskins 2, Walker, Day	Lineups		Micklewright 2
Southend United	1	1	Gillingham	Greyhound Stadium	10,905
Sibley	Lineups		Long
Watford	3	1	Torquay United	Vicarage Road	11,166
Paton, Brown T, Bowie	Lineups		Collins

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Ipswich Town	4	2	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	4	1	4.5	8	W	W	W	W	#	1953-09-02	Torquay United	A
2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	4	2	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	5	3	1.667	8	W	W	W	W	#	1953-09-03	Leyton Orient	A
3	-1	Swindon Town	4	3	0	0	12	3	0	1	0	2	2	2.8	7	D	W	W	W	#	1953-09-02	Aldershot	A
4	0	Gillingham	4	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	2	2	3.5	6	D	W	W	D	#	1953-08-31	Coventry City	A
5	0	Southampton	4	2	0	0	6	2	1	0	1	7	4	2.167	6	W	W	L	W	#	1953-09-02	Newport County	H
6	3	Colchester United	4	2	0	0	7	2	1	0	1	2	4	1.5	6	W	W	L	W	#	1953-09-03	Exeter City	H
7	3	Shrewsbury Town	3	1	1	0	7	5	1	0	0	1	0	1.6	5	W	D	W	#	#	1953-09-02	Crystal Palace	A
8	3	Aldershot	4	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	1	3	3	1.4	5	W	L	D	W	#	1953-09-02	Swindon Town	H
9	-2	Norwich City	4	1	2	0	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	5	D	D	D	W	#	1953-08-31	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	-2	Crystal Palace	4	1	1	0	6	5	0	1	1	2	5	0.8	4	L	D	W	D	#	1953-09-02	Shrewsbury Town	H
11	-5	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	2	1	7	0.778	4	L	W	W	L	#	1953-09-03	Northampton Town	A
12	6	Reading	4	2	0	0	6	3	0	0	2	1	7	0.7	4	W	W	L	L	#	1953-09-01	Southend United	A
13	6	Newport County	4	2	0	1	8	7	0	0	1	1	7	0.643	4	W	L	L	W	#	1953-09-02	Southampton	A
14	-1	Exeter City	4	1	0	2	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	0.8	3	L	L	D	W	#	1953-09-03	Colchester United	A
15	1	Southend United	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	3	0.75	3	D	L	W	L	#	1953-09-01	Reading	H
16	-4	Queens Park Rangers	4	0	0	2	1	4	1	1	0	4	3	0.714	3	L	D	W	L	#	1953-08-31	Norwich City	H
17	-3	Coventry City	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	5	10	0.9	2	L	L	W	L	#	1953-08-31	Gillingham	H
18	6	Leyton Orient	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	3	2	8	0.875	2	W	L	L	L	#	1953-09-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
19	4	Watford	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	4	9	0.7	2	W	L	L	L	#	1953-09-01	Millwall	H
20	-5	Bristol City	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	1	2	4	0.571	2	L	D	L	D	#	1953-09-01	Walsall	H
21	-4	Millwall	3	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	4	0.5	2	L	W	L	#	#	1953-09-01	Watford	A
22	-2	Walsall	4	0	2	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	4	0.429	2	L	D	D	L	#	1953-09-01	Bristol City	A
23	-2	Northampton Town	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	9	0.556	1	L	L	L	D	#	1953-09-03	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
24	-2	Torquay United	4	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	3	3	8	0.455	0	L	L	L	L	#	1953-09-02	Ipswich Town	H